Chairman of CPN-UML, Jhala Nath Khanal, on Wednesday opined that exiled Bhutanese should try to fight for their repatriation and democracy through peaceful means as before. He also said that Nepali people would always be ready to support such activities. “UML has always been supporting democratic struggle in Bhutan and would remain so in the [...]

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Caritas Nepal are organizing a concert 'Music for Relief' in Damak on November 28, with the famous Nepali rock band 1974 AD joining in to promote awareness of issues surrounding HIV/AIDS

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Repressive regimes everywhere employ torture on political prisoners to both extract information and to weaken the dissent. From the notorious Abu Ghraib in Iraq to Guantanamo in Cuba, the contemporary politics is replete with torture chambers of many kinds. It’s ironic that a country, which conjures up an image of the Himalayan paradise in the [...]

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Nov 18: Earth-quake victims who had not insured their houses have now begun to face challenges in building new houses as support extended by the government is not enough to carry out the work.  In other cases, the Royal Insurance Company after a field visit announced to cut down their insurance compensation rate for some [...]

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